Stacy Dylan: This mom is rockin’ the cause for Crohn’s Disease
January 6, 2015
A couple of years after her son Lowell was born, he was having severe stomach pains, and Stacy Dylan knew it might be serious
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The convert and the Christmas tree
December 12, 2014
For me, Christmas was always something other people did. Growing up in a Jewish home, I watched the holiday’s rituals unfold in movies, on TV and in the homes of friends: hanging ornaments on a tree, unwrapping presents and singing songs of Yuletide cheer (whatever that means).
Finding solutions to reducing teen stress
December 9, 2014
Every weekday at around 6:30 a.m., Henry Muhlheim hits the snooze button a few times before getting up and driving from Hancock Park to Harvard-Westlake School, one of the country’s top private high schools.
Author Tod Goldberg goes gangster
December 4, 2014
Tod Goldberg was excited to have his author photo taken for the jacket of his new crime novel, “Gangsterland” (Counterpoint Press).
Larry Sultan: Finding beauty photographing the mundane
December 4, 2014
The late photographer Larry Sultan was fascinated with the mundane.
A life of ideas: Remembering Susan Sontag
November 24, 2014
At one point in American life, the mere mention of Susan Sontag’s name was a way of suggesting intellectual grandiosity.
Glorya Kaufman: The philanthropist who loves dance
November 20, 2014
When Glorya Kaufman was a little girl, she had a dream.
‘House’ showcases the art of futuristic Israeli dance
November 19, 2014
Longtime Israeli collaborators Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar first met when Behar was throwing legendary underground raves in Tel Aviv, and Eyal was a performer with Batsheva Dance Company. She went to the parties to let loose and dance.
Getty symposium considers a ‘New Walled Order’
November 19, 2014
Walls are erected to keep people out, to keep people in or to keep people apart.
SCI-Arc exhibit reconsiders a future for Auschwitz
November 5, 2014
The word Auschwitz connotes more than just the concentration camp in Poland that carries the name.
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